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Julie

Julie H. Seidenstein

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Julie Seidenstein advises real estate developers and owners, real estate investment companies, borrowers, and lenders in all aspects of real estate transactions, including financing, leasing, acquisition, dispositions, and development of retail, office, hospitality, multifamily, and mixed-use properties.

Julie has a strong background in real estate finance, representing institutional lenders and finance companies with respect to construction and permanent real estate loans for a broad range of property types on a national basis. She has extensive experience in guiding clients through large scale, sophisticated real estate transactions, including the sale, acquisition, leasing, and development of commercial real estate, the management of portfolio loans, and the drafting and negotiation of leases, loan sale agreements, loan documents, legal opinions, commercial financing transactions, joint venture agreements, and purchase and sale agreements.

Julie has particular experience in many areas of lending, including traditional balance-sheet loans, commercial mortgage-backed securities, participation and syndication structures, loan modifications, and mezzanine financing. She also regularly advises clients in general corporate and business matters.

Professional Experience

Foster Pepper PLLC, Of Counsel (2013-2016)

Attorney in private practice in North Carolina (2005-2013)

Community Involvement

National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP), Washington Chapter

Member (2017-Present)
Programs Committee (2020-Present)
Night of the Stars Awards, Judge (2021)

Commercial Real Estate Women, Member and Committee Member (2013-Present)

Washington Bankers Association, Member (2015-Present)

Seattle Mortgage Bankers Association, Member (2014-Present)

Wellspring Family Services, Board Member (2016-Present)

Mother Attorneys Mentoring Association of Seattle, Board Member (2016-Present)

Washington Women Lawyers, King County Chapter, Member (2013-Present)

Thought Leadership

August 15, 2024News
The Best Lawyers in America© 2025 Recognizes 128 Lane Powell Attorneys
Awards & Honors
July 31, 2024News
Fifty-seven Lane Powell Attorneys Recognized by Super Lawyers in Washington for 2024
Awards & Honors
June 6, 2024News
Lane Powell Ranked Again Among Top Firms in 2024 Chambers® USA
Awards & Honors
August 17, 2023News
The Best Lawyers in America© 2024 Recognizes 123 Lane Powell Attorneys
Awards & Honors
July 31, 2023News
Forty-seven Lane Powell Attorneys Recognized by Super Lawyers in Washington for 2023
Awards & Honors
August 18, 2022News
The Best Lawyers in America© 2023 Recognizes 90 Lane Powell Attorneys
Awards & Honors
June 29, 2022Publication
So You Thought Your Lien Had Priority? Washington Supreme Court Ruling Threatens the Lien Priority of Certain ‘Optional’ Real Estate Secured Future Advances
Finance & Banking Legal Update
November 5, 2021News
Seidenstein to Serve as Judge for NAIOP Washington’s 2021 Night of the Stars Awards
Awards & Honors
August 19, 2021News
The Best Lawyers in America© 2022 Recognizes 90 Lane Powell Attorneys
Awards & Honors
January 1, 2021News
Lane Powell Elects New Shareholders and Counsel to the Firm
Firm Announcement
August 20, 2020News
The Best Lawyers in America© 2021 Recognizes 92 Lane Powell Attorneys
Awards & Honors
March 24, 2020Publication
COVID-19 Leads to New Force Majeure & Closing Addenda to Real Estate Purchase and Sale Agreements
COVID-19 Resource
August 15, 2019News
The Best Lawyers in America© 2020 Recognizes 63 Lane Powell Attorneys
Awards & Honors
June 24, 2019Publication
Real Estate Finance: Washington
Practical Law
December 19, 2018Publication
Real Estate Leasing: Washington
Practical Law
September 26, 2018Event / CLE
Current Issues in Washington Commercial Real Estate
Building Owners and Managers Association | Seattle
August 29, 2018News
Lane Powell Represents KinderCare Education in Acquisition of Rainbow Child Care Center
Client Conversations
August 15, 2018News
The Best Lawyers in America© 2019 Recognizes 62 Lane Powell Attorneys
Awards & Honors
April 12, 2017Event / CLE
Easements and CCRs in Washington
East King County Bar Association Real Property Section | Bellevue, Washington
March 24, 2017Event / CLE
Drafting Agreements to Avoid Litigation
Mother Attorneys Mentoring Association | Seattle
November 18, 2016News
Seidenstein is KCWWL 2016 Volunteer of the Year
Awards & Honors
November 4, 2016Event / CLE
5th Annual Easements and CCRs in Washington Conference
The Seminar Group | Seattle
June 9, 2016Event / CLE
Google Real Estate Strategies
Commercial Real Estate Women | Seattle
April 27, 2016News
Seidenstein Joins Lane Powell’s Real Estate Practice Group
Firm Announcement
January 21, 2016Event / CLE
Show Me the Money
Commercial Real Estate Women | Seattle
2016Publication
Bona Fide Purchaser Doctrine
Washington Real Property Deskbook
Sep 2015Event / CLE
The Secondary Mortgage Market: RMBS, CDOs and Emerging Issues
Washington State Department of Financial Institutions

Practices & Industries

Blockchain & Cryptocurrency
Construction
Finance & Banking
Nonprofit & Social Enterprise
Private Investment Funds
Real Estate
Landlord/Tenant Response Team
Health Care Transactions

Education

Seattle University School of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, 2005
- Moot Court Honors Board
- Presidential Scholar
- Women’s Law Caucus Executive Board Member
University of San Diego , B.A., English, magna cum laude, 2002
- Trustee Scholar
- Mortar Board and Order of Omega Honor Societies

Admissions

Washington
North Carolina
U.S. District Court, Western District of North Carolina

Language

German (Conversational)

Honors

Chambers® USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, Real Estate (2024)

"Washington Super Lawyer," Thomson Reuters, Real Estate (2023-2024)

"Women in Law Award," Lawyer Monthly magazine, Transactional Real Estate (2016-2017)

"Volunteer of the Year Award," Washington Women Lawyers, King County Chapter (2015-2016)

"Washington Rising Star," Thomson Reuters, Real Estate: Business (2015)

"Woman Extraordinaire," Business Leader magazine (2011)

"Jane V. Harper Pro Bono Attorney of the Year Award," Mecklenburg County Bar (2010)

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